Title :
An embedded tactile and force sensor for robotic manipulation and grasping
Author :
Cannata, Giorgio ; Maggiali, Marco
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun., Comput. & Syst. Sci., Genoa Univ.
Abstract :
A new fully embedded tactile/force sensor system is presented. The sensor has been designed to be installed on a dextrous robot gripper (MAC-HAND). The tactile sensor consists of a matrix of 64 electrodes, etched on a flexible PCB covered by a conductive rubber layer. The force sensor is an off-the-shelf integrated three components micro-joystick. The analog and digital electronics is fully embedded with the sensor that is a self-standing module mounted on each finger phalange
Keywords :
dexterous manipulators; force sensors; grippers; humanoid robots; interactive devices; tactile sensors; dextrous robot gripper; force sensor; grasping; micro-joystick; robotic manipulation; tactile sensor; Fingers; Force sensors; Grippers; Mechanical sensors; Mechanical variables measurement; Robot sensing systems; Sensor systems; Tactile sensors; Tendons; Torque;
Conference_Titel :
Humanoid Robots, 2005 5th IEEE-RAS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tsukuba
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9320-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573549
